diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/DisplayManager/OSDManager.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/DisplayManager/OSDManager.cs
index d37b87a734..3b6a67156a 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/DisplayManager/OSDManager.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/DisplayManager/OSDManager.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public string Message;
 		public int X;
 		public int Y;
-		public bool Alert;
 		public int Anchor;
 		public Color ForeColor;
 		public Color BackGround;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public string FPS { get; set; }
 		public string MT { get; set; }
 		public IBlitterFont MessageFont;
-		public IBlitterFont AlertFont;
+
 		public void Dispose()
 		{
 
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		public void Begin(IBlitter blitter)
 		{
 			MessageFont = blitter.GetFontType("MessageFont");
-			AlertFont = blitter.GetFontType("AlertFont");
 		}
 
 		public System.Drawing.Color FixedMessagesColor { get { return System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(Global.Config.MessagesColor); } }
@@ -144,10 +142,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			messages.Add(new UIMessage { Message = message, ExpireAt = DateTime.Now + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2) });
 		}
 
-		public void AddGUIText(string message, int x, int y, bool alert, Color BackGround, Color ForeColor, int anchor)
+		public void AddGUIText(string message, int x, int y, Color backGround, Color foreColor, int anchor)
 		{
 			GlobalWin.DisplayManager.NeedsToPaint = true;
-			GUITextList.Add(new UIDisplay { Message = message, X = x, Y = y, BackGround = BackGround, ForeColor = ForeColor, Alert = alert, Anchor = anchor });
+			GUITextList.Add(new UIDisplay
+			{
+				Message = message,
+				X = x,
+				Y = y,
+				BackGround = backGround,
+				ForeColor = foreColor,
+				Anchor = anchor
+			});
 		}
 
 		public void ClearGUIText()
@@ -197,6 +203,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						{
 							y -= ((line - 1) * 18);
 						}
+
 						g.DrawString(messages[i].Message, MessageFont, Color.Black, x + 2, y + 2);
 						g.DrawString(messages[i].Message, MessageFont, FixedMessagesColor, x, y);
 					}
@@ -210,12 +217,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						float posy = GetY(g, GUITextList[x].Y, GUITextList[x].Anchor, MessageFont, GUITextList[x].Message);
 
 						g.DrawString(GUITextList[x].Message, MessageFont, GUITextList[x].BackGround, posx + 2, posy + 2);
-						//g.DrawString(GUITextList[x].Message, MessageFont, Color.Gray, posx + 1, posy + 1);
-
-						if (GUITextList[x].Alert)
-							g.DrawString(GUITextList[x].Message, AlertFont, FixedMessagesColor, posx, posy);
-						else
-							g.DrawString(GUITextList[x].Message, MessageFont, GUITextList[x].ForeColor, posx, posy);
+						g.DrawString(GUITextList[x].Message, MessageFont, GUITextList[x].ForeColor, posx, posy);
 					}
 					catch (Exception)
 					{
@@ -309,10 +311,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 				if (Global.Emulator.IsLagFrame)
 				{
-					float x = GetX(g, Global.Config.DispLagx, Global.Config.DispLaganchor, AlertFont, counter);
-					float y = GetY(g, Global.Config.DispLagy, Global.Config.DispLaganchor, AlertFont, counter);
-					g.DrawString(counter, AlertFont, Color.Black, x + 1, y + 1);
-					g.DrawString(counter, AlertFont, FixedAlertMessageColor, x, y);
+					float x = GetX(g, Global.Config.DispLagx, Global.Config.DispLaganchor, MessageFont, counter);
+					float y = GetY(g, Global.Config.DispLagy, Global.Config.DispLaganchor, MessageFont, counter);
+					g.DrawString(counter, MessageFont, Color.Black, x + 1, y + 1);
+					g.DrawString(counter, MessageFont, FixedAlertMessageColor, x, y);
 				}
 				else
 				{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
index 4c48744e13..abc68a24a0 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Lua/Libraries/EmuLuaLibrary.Gui.cs
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			x *= EmuHawkLuaLibrary.GetWindowSize();
 			y *= EmuHawkLuaLibrary.GetWindowSize();
 
-			GlobalWin.OSD.AddGUIText(message, x, y, false, GetColor(background ?? "black"), GetColor(forecolor ?? "white"), a);
+			GlobalWin.OSD.AddGUIText(message, x, y, GetColor(background ?? "black"), GetColor(forecolor ?? "white"), a);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamWatch.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamWatch.cs
index 67860558a3..c16414d210 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamWatch.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/RamWatch.cs
@@ -208,16 +208,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 				if (Global.Config.DisplayRamWatch)
 				{
-					for (var x = 0; x < _watches.Count; x++)
+					for (var i = 0; i < _watches.Count; i++)
 					{
-						var alert = !_watches[x].IsSeparator && Global.CheatList.IsActive(_watches[x].Domain, _watches[x].Address ?? 0);
+						var frozen = !_watches[i].IsSeparator && Global.CheatList.IsActive(_watches[i].Domain, _watches[i].Address ?? 0);
 						GlobalWin.OSD.AddGUIText(
-							_watches[x].ToString(),
+							_watches[i].ToString(),
 							Global.Config.DispRamWatchx,
-							Global.Config.DispRamWatchy + (x * 14),
-							alert,
+							Global.Config.DispRamWatchy + (i * 14),
 							Color.Black,
-							Color.White,
+							frozen ? Color.Cyan : Color.White,
 							0
 						);
 					}